Scottish Equity Partners

Scottish Equity Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm in Glasgow City that focuses on technology. Founded 1991 in Glasgow City, United Kingdom by Calum Paterson, Gary Le Sueur and Stuart Paterson, it invests in late stage ventures, debt financing, series B, series C, and private equity. Its portfolio companies include Mister Spex, Solarcentury, TotallyMoney, and Zuto. As of December 2021, Scottish Equity Partners has made 160 investments and 140 exits, the most notable of which include Skyscanner, Matches Fashion, and Clavis Insight. Scottish Equity Partners has raised eight funds, their latest being SEP V Co-investment 1. This fund was announced on October 17, 2017 and raised a total of £14.5M.

SEP operates from offices in London and Glasgow. Typical investment size is €10-25m across a range of sectors, including enterprise software, consumer internet and tech-enabled service businesses but larger deals are also considered.

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) was named UK Venture Capital and Growth Equity Firm of the Year at the 2017 British Private Equity Awards, sponsored by Unquote. This is the sixth time that SEP has picked up the award for venture capital.

SEP was also presented with an award for Exit of the Year in respect of the £1.5 billion sale of travel search company Skyscanner to NASDAQ-listed Ctrip.

SEP was awarded Dealmaker of the Year at the Scottish Business Insider Deals and Dealmakers Awards 2017.

SEP is an owner-managed firm with a team of 35 people.